About €1.15m spent on cancelled IT system for student grants has ‘no enduring value’
Dáil committee hears that new system to facilitate grant applications may not be operational until 2029
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Recent hospital budget increases ‘not fiscally sustainable’, Minister for Health warns
Pay costs from over-recruitment contributing to hospitals’ financial pressures, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells PAC
Ineligible expenditure of nearly €20,000 returned to Skillnet following investigation
Investigation significantly constrained due to persistent non-cooperation, TDs told
Irish fund invested in five firms named in UN report on Israeli settlements
Combined value of stakes in Airbnb, Motorola and others stood at €6.7m
Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief
Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee
Hospital employee flagged that €30,000 Aramark payment to CHI could be reviewed by watchdog
PAC to consider emails about payment from company that ran restaurant service at Crumlin
Irish Rail inability to source key train-control system parts heightens ‘risk of disruption’
Just two spare central processing units remain for system that was meant to be replaced in 2024
From brain to drain: How was €50m wasted on a planned IT system for Ireland’s rail network?
Oireachtas committees to begin investigations into cost overruns on project once called the ‘brain of the railway’ by a Government Minister
Competition and consumer watchdog says it is under ‘real pressure’ as mandate expands
CCPC received ‘no significant additional exchequer funding’ in 2026, chairman Brian McHugh to tell Oireachtas committee
Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin
Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system
More than 700,000 carbon credits purchased by State cancelled last year
EU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PAC
RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose
If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it
RTÉ to be brought under remit of State’s independent spending watchdog
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan will seek approval for a new Broadcasting Bill at Cabinet
No bar on reinvestigating claims regarding former UL president, court told
Lawyers for third-level institution told High Court it is entitled to consider new evidence as it emerges
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